Combined refrigerator and milk-cooler.



Nu. 663,843. Patented Dec. 18, I900.

S. S. ARNOLD.

COMBINED REFRIGERATOR AND MILK COOLER.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1900.)

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'arnur SIDNEY S. ARNOLD, OF CALAMUS, IOWA.

COMBINED REFRIGERATOR AND iVHLK COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,843, dated December18, 1900.

Application filed August 17, 1900. Serial No. 27,173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY S. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Oalamus, Clinton county, Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin a Combined Refrigerator andMilk-Cooler, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators; and the object ofmy invention is to provide a case for the reception of cans or otherreceptacles containing liquids, in combinaiion with a box adapted tocontain butter or other materials, so arranged that the contents of boththe cans and box are cooled by means of water filling the spaces in theI attain this object by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the case. Fig. 2 isa top view of the box and case as it appears after the removal of thecover, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the line 000c of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a case whose open top is provided with a cover D. Suspendedwithin suitable supports within the case A is the box B, preferablyconstructed with thin metallic sides. A vent E is provided at the top ofthe box B to allow egress of heated air arising from warm articlesplaced in said box for cooling. The box B may be furnished with anydesirable form of supporting slats, shelves, or partitions to carrybutter or other comestibles to be cooled. The braces N are adapted tosupport the upper walls of the case A. Suitable spaces I I are arrangedfor in either end of the case A for the accommodation of milkcans orother receptacles and are filled with water. The box Bis so suspendedwithin the case A that the water may freely circulate over and under it.The water surrounds the box on all but the front side.

0 represents the door of the box B and is fastened when shut by means ofthe hasp P.

F and G are tubes fitted within an end wall of the case A at the top andbottom thereof. They are provided with faucets, whereby water may beintroduced into the case or drawn therefrom.

The box B may be used for cooling articles of food in the usual manner,but is intended especially for the refrigerating of butter. On removalof the cover D milk-cans, as at L, or any other description ofreceptacle may be placed in the water in the spaces 1. In operation whenthe box B has received its contents the water surrounding the thin wallsof the ice-box cools them. The contents of the cans are also similarlycooled. When the Water becomes warm, it may be drawn off through thetube G.

If desired, by making proper connections a continuous current of coolwater may be kept in circulation within the case A through the vents Fand Gr, as shown by the dotted lines W W.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a refrigerator, the combination with a water-tight case having acold-waterinlet near its top and an outlet near its bottom, a covertherefor, and a series of cans for milk or the like disposed incompartment-s near the ends of the case; of a box within the case at itscenter and comprising a top and bottom, two sides, and a back built intothe case and spaced from the corresponding parts thereof,-

and a door in the front of the case comprising the only inlet to saidbox around five of whose sides the cooling-water flows.

2. In a refrigerator, the combination with a water-tight case having acold-Waterinlet near its top and an outlet near its bottom, a covertherefor, and a series of cans for milk or the like disposed incompartments near the ends of the case; of a box within the case at itscenter and comprising a top and bottom, two sides, and a back built intothe case and spaced from the corresponding parts thereof, a vent risingfrom the top of the box and standing beneath the cover of the case, anda door in the front of the case comprisingthe only inlet to said boxaround five of whose sides the cooling-water fiows.

Signed at Oalamus, Iowa, this 13th day of August, 1900.

SIDNEY S. ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

MARTIN E. PETERSEN, CHARLIE I. Hicks.

